Re:Zero - Starting Life in Chaos.

The man was wearing a white chef's uniform, with an upright posture and a well-proportioned body.

The restraint of the apron strings highlights the woman's graceful waist.

Her pretty face seemed to be nervous because she was suddenly called over. When she looked at Beichen, there was a hint of embarrassment in her ruby-like eyes.

Her hair is tied up and hidden in the chef's hat, revealing her charming neck with a black necklace tied on it, which adds a touch of sexiness to her originally cold temperament.

"Hello, Miss. Hello, Sir."

The woman opened her pearly teeth slightly and an indifferent voice came out of her mouth.

"Yeah." Kaguya nodded, chuckled and raised her chin towards Beichen.

"Xiaojun, did you figure out who it is?"

Hearing this, Beichen looked at the woman in front of him curiously.

The face looked familiar, and Beichen felt a sense of familiarity between the brows.

After thinking for a moment, he finally remembered who it was. He clapped his hands and suddenly realized:

"Touka Kotori? Are you Rikka's sister?"

"Yes, sir." Shihua bowed slightly. "Thank you for taking care of my sister at school."

"Hi~" Beichen waved his hand nonchalantly. "Since we are family, there is no need to be so polite. Just call me Beichen."

After saying this, Beichen sighed:

"I didn't expect you to be the chef here. I always thought you were still in the restaurant!"

"I didn't expect the young lady would come to me." Shihua responded.

She was doing well in the restaurant before, but suddenly she received a transfer notice, saying that she would be transferred to Kaguya's house as the head chef.

She had no objection to this arrangement.

The high-end restaurant where she worked was originally registered under Kaguya's name. Strictly speaking, she was Kaguya's employee.

But what Touka didn't expect was that she would not be with Kaguya, but with Beichen.

She had heard of Beichen.

Rikka and Yuta had mentioned him to her more than once, saying he was a friendly and capable senior.

When I met him today, he was indeed very handsome and spoke very gently.

"How is it, is it hard working here?"

While she was distracted, she heard Beichen's voice. Shihua quickly collected her thoughts and shook her head.

"No trouble, there's not much work here."

After becoming the head chef of a private residence, she only needs to pay attention to the preferences of Beichen's family and arrange the menu for the next week in advance every weekend.

She basically doesn't need to do the cooking herself, she just needs to control the finished product, and she can do whatever she wants at other times.

Compared to working in a restaurant, not only is the workload cut in half, but the remuneration has also increased dozens of times.

There is nothing wrong with it except that it is far from home.

Beichen obviously thought of this, so he continued to ask:

"Speaking of which, my new home is quite far from yours. What time do you usually go back?"

"Around 10 o'clock."

"How did you get back?"

"Now that you haven't moved in yet and haven't started your official job, I don't need to rush. I can come here by public transportation. When you get here, I will buy a car so that I won't be late for making breakfast."

"Then you have to come here at five or six in the morning?"

"Yes."

Shihua nodded expressionlessly, perhaps worried that Beichen might have misunderstood something, and quickly added:

"I will catch up on my sleep when I have nothing to do, so as not to delay subsequent work."

Seeing that Shihua was afraid of saying something wrong, Beichen smiled and joked:

"Hey! Don't be so restrained~ Rikka is my captain, we are one family, I won't blame you for this."

When Shihua heard Beichen mention Liuhua, her face became a little gentler and more relaxed, but there was a hint of weirdness in her eyes as she looked at Beichen.

She knew exactly what the nature of her sister's club was, and she never expected that Beichen was actually a middle school student with a second-year syndrome.

"Cough cough."

Beichen felt uncomfortable being stared at by Shihua, so he coughed lightly and explained:

"I was dragged into this by my own sister."

"Oh."

Shihua suddenly realized and bowed quickly.

"My sister is causing you trouble."

Beichen waved his hand, signaling Shihua to stand up, and then changed his tone:

"You don't have to rush over for breakfast, just leave it to your deputy. Also, you don't have to stay here until dinner is finished, you can leave work early after it's ready."

"This doesn't meet the job requirements." Shihua refused subconsciously.

"I'm not discussing with you, I'm informing you."

"But, but this is not good."

"There's nothing wrong with it." Beichen explained patiently, "When you mentioned going home for dinner some time ago, although Liuhua didn't say anything, her expression was very depressed. It shows that she still needs you to be with her."

"I……"

Shihua opened her mouth and was speechless for a moment.

They lost their father at an early age, their mother couldn't bear the blow and ran away, and their grandparents were in poor health and lived in the countryside.

The burden of taking care of her sister fell on her.

This caused her to put down her gymnastics belt, pick up a soup spoon, and enter society to earn money to support her sister's schooling and practice.

Like most families, making money and spending time together are not compatible.

It has been a long time since Juuka had the chance to sit down and have a meal with Rikka, let alone have a good conversation with her.

Most of them were heard from teachers.

As he pictured his sister's disappointed look in his mind, Touka lowered his eyes with some guilt.

Seeing this, Beichen comforted him:

"Well~ I don't mean to blame you. I just want to remind you to spend more time with your sister."

"Thank you."

Jukka bent down and bowed deeply.

"I accept your arrangement, but I also hope that my salary can be adjusted accordingly, otherwise I will feel uneasy."

"Hey! You're being polite. We're all family, no need to be so polite. Besides, your salary is paid by Shigong, she won't care about this little thing."

I know Beichen is trying to comfort me, but I still feel a little uncomfortable when I hear him calling them family members all the time.

She felt something was wrong. After thinking for a long time, her face changed slightly and she asked uncertainly:

"First... um, Beichen, do you like Liuhua?"

"puff--"

Beichen just picked up the teacup and took a sip of water when he was choked by Shihua's guess.

He quickly turned his head and sprayed out the tea.

After Ram wiped the water stains from the corner of his mouth, he waved his hand quickly.

"No, this is not a place for random guessing. I am just being considerate of my juniors. It is Yuta who likes Rikka."

"Really?" Juhua looked suspicious. "I'm not bragging. Rikka has a strange personality, but her appearance and figure are..."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Seeing that Shihua was getting more and more outrageous, Beichen interrupted her and said unhappily:

"Instead of talking about her, why don't you just say that I'm attracted to you? Your appearance and figure are much better than Rikka's, and you're more mature and caring."

"Eh? Me?"

Beichen's straightforward praise made Shihua feel at a loss, and she couldn't help but turn her head away shyly.

But before she could continue speaking, she felt several cold gazes directed at her.

She raised her head to find the source of the gaze, but when she looked up, she found nothing unusual.

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